Strong's Lexicon
G2990 — λανθάνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2990 |
|---|---|
| Word: | λανθάνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is used only as an alternate in certain tenses |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | lanthano |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | lan-than'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to lie hid 2. (adverbially, often) unwittingly {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | be hid, be ignorant of, unawares |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λανθάνω (lengthened form of λήθω); 2 aorist ἔλαθόν, (whence Latinlatere); the Sept. several times for ðÆòÀìÇí, etc.; (from Homer down); to be hidden: Mar 7:24; Luk 8:47; τινα, to be hidden from one, Act 26:26; 2Pe 3:5 (on which see θέλω, 1 under the end), 8; accusative to the well-known classic usage, joined in a finite form to a participle equivalent to secretly, unawares, without knowing (cf. Matthiae, § 552 β.; Passow, under the word, ii., p. 18{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. 2); Winers Grammar, § 54, 4; (Buttmann, § 144, 14)): ἔλαθόν ξενίσαντες, have unawares entertained, Heb 13:2. (Compare: ἐκλανθάνω, ἐπιλανθάνω (λανθάνομαι).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
λανθάνω (be hid)
Mark 7:24
- KJV: And from thence he arose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon and entered into an house and would have no man know but he could not be hid
- GK: και εκείθεν αναστάς απήλθεν εις τα μεθόρια Τύρου και Σιδώνος και εισελθών εις την οικίαν ουδένα ήθελε γνώναι και ουκ ηδυνήθη λαθείν
Luke 8:47
- KJV: And when the woman saw that she was not hid she came trembling and falling down before him she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him and how she was healed immediately
- GK: ιδούσα δε η γυνή ότι ουκ έλαθε τρέμουσα ήλθε και προσπεσούσα αυτώ δι΄ ην αιτίαν ήψατο αυτού απήγγειλεν αυτώ ενώπιον παντός του λαού και ως ιάθη παραχρήμα
Acts 26:26
- KJV: For the king knoweth of these things before whom also I speak freely for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him for this thing was not done in a corner
- GK: επίσταται γαρ περί τούτων ο βασιλεύς προς ον και παρρησιαζόμενος λαλώ λανθάνειν γαρ αυτόν τι τούτων ου πείθομαι ουδέν ου γαρ εν γωνία πεπραγμένον τούτο
Hebrews 13:2
- KJV: Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for there by some have entertained angels unawares
- GK: της φιλοξενίας μη επιλανθάνεσθε διά ταύτης γαρ έλαθόν ξενίσαντες αγγέλους
2 Peter 3:5
- KJV: For this they willingly are ignorant of that by the word of God the heavens were of old and the earth standing out of the water and in the water
- GK: λανθάνει γαρ αυτούς τούτο θέλοντας ότι ουρανοί ήσαν έκπαλαι και γη εξ ύδατος και δι΄ ύδατος συνεστώσα τω του θεού λόγω
2 Peter 3:8
- KJV: But beloved be not ignorant of this one thing that one day with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day
- GK: εν δε τούτο μη λανθανέτω υμάς αγαπητοί ότι μία ημέρα παρά κυρίω ως χίλια έτη και χίλια έτη ως ημέρα μία